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Productivity and innovation

Firm location and government policy

Our research in this area considers firms' decisions over where to locate production, innovative activities and intellectual property, the clustering of economic activity and the role of public policies, including taxes, in firms' location decisions.

We have developed longitudinal firm-level data with information on firms productive and innovative activities across many countries that allow us to provide a sound evidence base for policy evaluation.

Research projects
IFS research in this area looks at firms' decisions over where to locate production and innovative activity in the UK and in other countries; the clustering of economic activity; and the role of public policy measures in firms' location decisions.